Boyz at the Zoo

Just a few pics from our trip to the zoo with Benjamin and Ezra.

EZ has his priorities straight

Benjamin and cousin Ez went to the beach for a few hours today. It was only about an hour from DC -- and while it wasn't the prettiest beach we've ever been to -- it was a great day trip.

But one of the highlights of the day, was cousin Ez teaching Benj a little about sports.

They stink! from bnzvideo on Vimeo.

Another set of videos from cousin Ez...

Two BZ/EZ videos for your viewing enjoyment!

Happy B-day cuz! from Alan Zibel on Vimeo.

Slide Already! from Alan Zibel on Vimeo.

Spring has Sprung!

To celebrate Spring, we took Benjamin to the park on Saturday to try out the swings. He enjoyed them SO much, that we had to return Sunday morning with Cousin Ezra to do some more swinging. Benj is getting over his croup and still has a very runny nose so his excitement is tempered a bit by those issues. We're confident, however, that the next time we swing, there will be more smiles from ear to ear.

Weee!!!

From cousin' EZ's blog

For those of you who aren't loyal followers of cousin' Ezra's blog, we thought you might appreciate this post -- to see just how well Benji and Ezra are getting along.

With the huggers from Alan Zibel on Vimeo.

Christmas/New Years 2009

Below is a link to pictures from Benjamin's first Christmas, ski trip, and New Years. We have several videos to go through as well - and they take a long time to upload - so you will likely see them in drips and drabs.

Enjoy!

December 2009

Benji's First Halloween!

Benjamin (aka Yoda) had several Halloween celebrations this week. The first set of pictures, in the grey stroller you won't recognize, are from his Halloween parade at school. The next set are from Halloween day hanging in the house and then heading out to walk around the Hill. Benjamin did, however, sleep through our sighting of the Obama girls treat or treating in our neighborhood. Oh well, mom and dad enjoyed seeing them anyway!

Look for more pics later this week of Benji's new bath tub and just some all around fun video of him hanging out.

Halloween!

Benji's Cousin Ezra Gets His First Haircut

We interrupt the Benjamin picture fest to share adorable pics of his cousin's first hair cut. We'll share more of Benji soon, we promise.

Ezra's First Haircut

Benji's One Month Birthday

It's hard to believe -- but Benji has now been with us for an entire month.  He still sleeps alot, seems to be crying a bit less (knock on wood...), and he's eating a whole lot more.  He has his 1-month doctor's appointment later this week.

In our first multi-media video post, you can see Benji trying out tummy time! He's still a little shaky, but he's slowly starting to hold his head up high!

Benji celebrated the big day with Uncle Alan, Aunt Renee, and Cousin Ez at the annual MOTH (Mom's on the Hill) picnic.  It was quite an event!  Benji wasn't all that aware of his birthday -- but we got some great pics anyway.   Click on the link below to see some pics of the big event. (Most are of Ez -- who is quite photogenic these days!)

MOTH Picnic

Name that Zibel!

Ok -- so, some people say that all newborns look alike.  We think that little Benji actually bears a striking resemblance to his cousin Ezra.  Can you decide which baby is which?  

Zibel No. 1:  EZ or BZ?

What about this one?

Anyone know who this baby is?

And how bout Zibel No. 4?

One hint is that there are two pictures of little Benji.  And two pictures of Ezra.  Submit your responses to danchrissie@gmail.com, or post your guess in the comments.  Results will be posted later in the week.

The Julianos Take D.C.

Last week, the Julianos made the trek to D.C. to drop Chrissie's sister, Marissa, off at GW! Wednesday night we had a bbq with Jim, Rhonda, Ali, and special guest Ezra Zibel (who we were watching while his parents shopped at Ikea). Thursday night, we took in a Washington Nationals game! See pics below.


Ali, with Chrissie and Ezra



Ezra just waking up from a nap on Uncle Dan




Once Ezra was awake, we let him watch Bill Clinton's speech with her (tv isn't all bad, is it?), he wasn't nearly as bored as he looks in this pic.


Thursday night at the game


(Rhonda, if you haven't figured it out yet, took all the pictures)

Rewind....

More pictures of Ezra from Rehoboth Beach. You know, this kid just does NOT get enough attention...

Beach Weekend Part I

The first weekend in August we did a beach weekend in Dewey with the Zibel/Kolb clan. Check out the pics (mostly of our nephew Ezra)!

Coming soon: Pics from our most recent beach weekend in NY for Carol's (Chrissie's mom) 60th birthday.

And Then There Was Color!

So the kitchen is painted!!!! They need to come back and do a little touch up, but it's mostly done. And go us, we like the color.

It's hard to tell from the pics below, but we tried to capture the color. We also had the upstairs bath painted, which we will share when it is done (other stuff needs to be finalized, the paint is done).

We're off to the beach on Friday morning (with Ezra and the rest of the Zibel/Kolb clan), so enjoy your respective heat wave weekends!

Tried to do a close up here:



Under the bar (stools to come):



And in the context of the kitchen:

Our afternoon with Ezra

On Saturday afternoon, we got to spend a wonderful afternoon w/ our favorite nephew.  Click here for photos of our fun day with Ezra.

For those of you who are simply interested in our kitchen, the latest update is below (including photos).

non sequitors

So it's been a quiet weekend on the kitchen front. But that doesn't mean we don't have lots of other news and exciting tidbits to share!

On Friday, the U.S. District Court in Washington ruled (and correctly so) in the voting case Dan worked on at Wilmer. Click here to read the story from Saturday's Washington Post about the case. Or, if you're really brave -- click here for the opinion. It's a bit of a long read!

On Saturday, we went to visit little Ezra. He's getting big! And after our visit with Ezra, well... it was just Manny being Manny. We went to the Sox/Orioles game, and saw Manny Ramirez hit his 500th home run.

Stay tuned... we're hoping for more excitement this week!